週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
第1週 |
2/19 |
Course Overview |
第2週 |
2/26 |
Introduction to Foreign Direct Investment and International Investment Law:
1. History, Rationales, and Trends
2. The General Structure of Investment Treaties (US Model BIT)
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第3週 |
3/05 |
Scope of Application of BITs, Investment Admission and Establishment |
第4週 |
3/12 |
Protection against Expropriation |
第5週 |
3/19 |
Treatment Standards I:
1. Fair and Equitable Treatment
2. Full Protection and Security
3. Umbrella clause
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第6週 |
3/26 |
Treatment Standards II: Non-Discrimination
1. National Treatment
2. Most Favoured Nation
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第7週 |
4/02 |
Public Interest Issues: Environment, heath, Human Rights and Culture |
第8週 |
4/09 |
Introductory lecture to International Commercial Arbitration: PART I (by Prof. Winnie Ma) |
第9週 |
4/16 |
Introductory lecture to International Commercial Arbitration: PART II (by Prof. Winnie Ma) |
第10週 |
4/23 |
ICSID International Investment Arbitration:
1. Criteria for determining ICSID’s jurisdiction: investment, nationality and consent (Article 25 of ICSID Convention).
2. ICSID’s self-contained procedures (ICSID Convention and ICSID Arbitration Rules).
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第11週 |
4/30 |
UNCITRAL Arbitration: 1. UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules and UNCITRAL Model Law
Institutional arbitration versus ad hoc arbitration.
2. International investment arbitration versus international commercial arbitration. |
第12週 |
5/07 |
ICSID/UNCITRAL comparative topics:
1. Choice between ICSID and UNCITRAL framework for international investment arbitration: similarities and differences, advantages and disadvantages.
2. Enforcement and annulment of awards: Articles 51 to 55 of ICSID Convention (on international investment arbitration) versus Articles 34 to 36 of UNCITRAL Model Law (on international commercial arbitration).
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第13週 |
5/14 |
Specific Topics and Issues:
1. Does BIT benefit developing countries?
2. Intellectual Property Rights in BIT
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第14週 |
5/21 |
Specific Topics and issues:
3. The FTA, BITs and investment protection: Similarity and difference
4. Investment Chapter in Trans-Pacific Partnership
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第15週 |
5/28 |
Specific Topics and issues:
5. Inconsistent Investment Jurisprudence on Indirect Expropriation
6. Financial Crisis and BITs: Emergency Exceptions
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第16週 |
6/04 |
Specific Topics and issues:
7. Confidentiality and Transparency in Investor-State Arbitration
8. Give Precedential Value to Investment Arbitration Awards?
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第17週 |
6/11 |
Specific Topics and issues:
9. New York Convention at 50: An Overview
10. The Relationship of BITs and ICSID
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